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timbrel

Meaninga drum

Common meaning: a small hand drum

Journey through time

  1. Latintympanum‘a drum’source
  2. Old Frenchtimbresource
  3. Middle Englishtimbresource
  4. Englishtimbrel‘a small hand drum’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin tympanum ‘a drum’.

Source words

  • tympanum Latin · source word “a drum”

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